Caitlin Morris, a PhD student and 2024 MAD Fellow affiliated with the MIT Media Lab, designs digital learning platforms that make room for the “social magic” that influences curiosity and motivation.
PhD candidate Suzanne Freeman reveals how intelligence agencies shape foreign policy in authoritarian states.
As assistant director for academic programs for the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Lorena Tovar connects with and supports both faculty and students.
MIT political scientist and U.S. Air Force Reserve squadron commander brings unique perspective to both the classroom and the military, leading enlisted personnel while researching the future of warfare.
PhD student Sarah Alnegheimish wants to make machine learning systems accessible.
Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in climate system science and engineering, is charting her own course of impact.
MIT senior Maria Aguiar loves everything about materials science — but has a soft spot for garnet thin films, the focus of her undergraduate research.
Sendhil Mullainathan brings a lifetime of unique perspectives to research in behavioral economics and machine learning.
The former US Army Helicopter pilot co-founded Helix Carbon to erase the carbon footprint of tough-to-decarbonize industries.
Two meters of DNA is crammed into the nucleus of every human cell. Bin Zhang wants to know how gene expression works in this minuscule space.
Economics doctoral student Tishara Garg takes a novel approach to answering ambitious questions about big-push industrial policy and development.
Senior Technical Instructor Vanessa Cheung ’02 brings the energy, experience, and excitement needed to educate students in the biology teaching lab.
Professor Thomas Peacock’s research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining.
Mingmar Sherpa, a researcher in the Martin Lab in the Department of Biology, has remained connected to his home in Nepal at every step of his career.
MAD Fellow Alexander Htet Kyaw connects humans, machines, and the physical world using AI and augmented reality.